The Gazette: Manuel Desrochers didn’t set out to design an award-winning piece of utilitarian sculpture. “I’m not even a designer,” is the first thing Desrochers, the 34-year-old Montreal creator of the Ovopur water-filtration unit, says about himself. “But I’ve always been preoccupied by water and how underappreciated it is in our society. We open the tap and let it pour, […]

cnet asia (crave): LED lighting products for the home are finally heading Asia’s way. The Ledino collection, under Philips, will be its hero product when the Dutch company sets up its first exclusive Philips Home Lighting Concept Stores in Singapore come January 2010. This will be followed by four more before end of next year. This initiative is part of […]

Unplgged: When we read about this, we thought that this was a concept, but no, it’s actually something that you can buy right now. All over the world, people are using magnetic and RFID cards all over the place in order to get into their workplaces. There are a few different option available for homes, but they are costly. The […]

The Foot Flush is a revolutionary foot pedal designed to use in your home or office bathroom in order to keep away germs and promote better health. Besides the obvious health advantages, The Foot Flush has received rave reviews from seniors and customers with back problems, arthritis, limited mobility, and other physical difficulties. The Foot Flush is also great for […]

Inhabitat: The serene back-and-forth movement of a rocking chair is nothing if not relaxing. It can also be useful and productive, according to Rochus Jacob. The designer’s Murakami Chair, a winner in designboom’s Green Life competition, uses the kinetic energy produced by rocking to power an attached OLED lamp. During the day, the Murakami chair stores energy in an on-board […]

Times Online: Would you want a bath in the beedroom? Mark Macauley, a documentary-maker from London, did. His three-bedroom flat in South Kensington has an elegant drawing room with the original 1890s shutters and stained-glass windows in the dining room, but the most eye-catching feature is undoubtedly the handmade £5,200 copper-clad bath that takes centre stage in the master bedroom. […]

Times Online: Many new projects are incorporating technically advanced glass, such as panes with the ability to turn from clear to an opaque milky white at the flick of a switch. The laminate in Blink glass contains liquid-crystal polymers, connected to an electric current. When the current is on, the liquid crystals are clear, but when it’s turned off, the […]

IdeaPaint is the most flexible, durable and cost-effective dry-erase solution on the market. It can be applied to any smooth surface, outperforms and outlasts the leading dry-erase options and works better with all brands of dry-erase markers. When you’re confined to the space of a typical whiteboard, your ideas are destined to be small. IdeaPaint turns virtually anything you can […]

SanLuisObispo.com: Although Get-A-Mattress offers plenty of mainstream inner-spring and memory foam mattresses, it specializes in organic and natural mattresses, which comprise around 30 percent of its inventory. “Everyone talks green these days,” Brezeale explained. “We felt that people were finally understanding how important it is to have a clean, safe environment somewhere where we spend eight hours a day.” Natural, […]

Examiner.com: The newest recycled material to hit the market is sure to enhance your bathrooms look while keeping it “green”. Piedrifina Recycled Marble is created by utilizing stones that were once discarded. These marble stone are then re-used and made into durable marble surfaces. Since this marble is only available in 5/8″ thicknesses, it is really only ideal for bathroom […]